O Son of Man!  Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty.

(Bahá'ulláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic #3)

Do not be satisfied until each one with whom you are concerned is to you as a member of your family.  Regard each one either as a father, or as a brother, or as a sister, or as a mother, or as a child.  If you can attain to this, your difficulties will vanish, you will know what to do. This is the teaching of Bahá'u'lláh.

(Abdu'l-Bahá, Abdu'l-Bahá in London, #91)